[net-gold] INDOOR GARDENING: Soule Garden: Create an Indoor Oasis Using Houseplants

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  • Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:53:52 -0400 (EDT)


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INDOOR GARDENING:

Soule Garden: Create an Indoor Oasis Using Houseplants

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Soule Garden: Create an Indoor Oasis Using Houseplants

Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:00 am |

Updated: 3:34 pm, Tue Aug 16, 2011.

By Jacqueline

The Explorer

http://explorernews.com/el_sol/ article_6ebc9fc2-c84f-11e0-9dce-001cc4c03286.html

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A shorter URL for the above link:

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http://tinyurl.com/3c2fp7t

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Love the tropical look? Wish you were surrounded with luxuriant greenery? Want to enjoy it without sweltering in triple-digit heat? Want it all without going broke on your water bills?

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Can do! The secret? Create an indoor oasis!

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Indoor plants make sense on many levels. Plants soften the hard, rigid lines of walls and furniture. Plants release oxygen into the air, taking up carbon dioxide and a number of harmful indoor pollutants.

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Plants reduce glare and reflection from light entering a window, and can help provide privacy. All excellent reasons.

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Think about a theme for your indoor oasis. Try to have it match up with your home decor. For a Mexican Colonial look, fill vividly colored talavera pots with such plants as an umbrella plant (Schafflera sp.), golden pothos (Pothos sp.) and colorful croton (Codiaeum sp.).

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Alternatively, create a Zen garden with Oriental-style pots filled with such plants as the bamboo palm (Chamaedora erumpens), prayer plant (Maranta sp.) and dragon tree (Dracena draco). A formal look can be achieved with plants that maintain rigid growth forms, such as the snake plant (Sanseveria sp.), cryptanthus (Cryptanthus sp.) and Indian rubber plant (Ficus elastica).

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Caring for houseplants is easy if you consider what they are used to in the wild. In general, most of them come from the floors of tropical forests. Light levels are about equivalent to most homes. Temperature is right around 70 degrees all the time.

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Soil is a limited resource, with many roots fighting for a toehold. The soil is generally lacking in many nutrients, and often dries out between rainfalls, sometimes for months at a time. All this makes many tropical plants ideal candidates for houseplants.

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The complete article may be read at the URL above.

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Sincerely,
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